The Incredible Melting Man story
An astronaut's body begins to melt after he is exposed to radiation during a space flight to Saturn, driving him to commit murders and consume human flesh to survive.
8 total · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| cannibalism | major | Steve was running around murdering people and eating their flesh. |
| human vs. monster | major | A community was terrorized by a radioactive monster that was going around killing people and then eating them. |
| husband and wife | major | Dr. Ted Nelson and Judy Nelson. Harold Nelson and Helen Nelson. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | major | Steve West's entire body was horribly disfigured after he was exposed to radiation on a mission to Saturn and it made into a flesh eating monster. The encounter left Steve himself highly radioactive. |
| conflict of duty | minor | Should Ted reveal the classified information that Steve was running around killing people to the sheriff in violation of the general's direct orders? |
| coping with the death of a parent | minor | Judy mourned the grisly death of her mother at the hands of Steve. |
| expecting parents | minor | Judy was 14 weeks pregnant with Ted's baby, but Ted was worried because she had previously experienced two miscarriages. |
| interplanetary space travel | minor | We saw three astronauts go on a mission to Saturn. |